Headlight-dimmer.



w. s. PERRY. HEADLIGHT DiMMER.

APPUCATIOH FILED JULY 13. 19N.

Pntntgd Mm'. 2U, 191.7.

2 guus-swf y in "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'WABD BUMNEB PERRY, 0F CHICAGG, ILLINOI! HEADLIGHT-DIMMER.

Specicatiou of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 20, i917.

applicant inta July ia, '1914. serial No. 850,613.

To all whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, lVAnn S. Panni'. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Headlight-Dimmers; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and Vto the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Ordinances have been passed in many cities against the use of 'powerful headlights on-automobiles or other vehicles, which, due to the 'intensity of the beam of li ht thrown therefrom, serve to blind and con use pedes- 'trians or other persons comin within range of the beam. A numbe r o devices have been placed upon the market with the object, when attached upon the headlight, of dimming or decreasing the intensity t ereof for use upon city streets, and yet permitting adjustment for use in the oV en count where the full eifect of the lig t is desir However, the objection to such devices has4 lar ly du'e to their-unsightly appear-- ance, an the general disapproval of the pub lic for anything pertaining to, or in the way of, an attachment or fixture, which, u on an automobile, usually detracts `from t e ap` pearance thereof. This invention, however,

aords a very neat and compact, ,and` in fact ornamental arrangement of arts which act most eiliciently to rform t epnrpose, acting entirely to obviate any.- glare whatsoever,

,and yet permitting suicient light tobe cast ahead foi-.use in city driving. The construction is also particularly well adaptedrfor useon country roads when a part 'of the device is removed, causi a part of the light .to be caston the road Vmachine as well as the lon .beam for the'discernmento more distant ly in front of the penetrating ob'ects. j .Y t-`is an object of this invention to construct a headlight embracing a lens wherein 4a portion of the glass is clear and the rest is 'translucent glass, preferablyv sandblast,` and with, a reflecting member adapted to be connected directly in the path ofthe axial beam through the clear glass portion of thei headlight to reflect the rays inwardly again into the headlight and l permit reflection' thereof again. through the translucent glas" portion of thelens or 'the same maybe non: reflecting.- v

, It is also an obJect of this invention tov 'construct a headlight provided with'a lens having an annulus oi` ground translucent glass and with a dislr attaehable on Said lens and extending'to the inner boundaries of said translucent glass portion of the lens to cut 01T the central rays of light and permit exit of light only through the translucent portion.

Itis furthermore aiV important object of this invention to construct a device attachable and detachable to and from the lens of a headlight to cut olf tl le direct rays ofV light therefrom. u '4 It is finally an object of this invention to provide a device sin iple and neat in con struction Vactin to cui` olf the intense central rays of light imm a headlight and aifording the novel appearance of merely an y illuminated ring when in use.

The invention (.'n i. preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and more fully described. i

In the drawings:

as disk nmoved.

.part y broken'away to'show the construction. t

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the front portion of a headlight showin form of dimming attac hmenf t epson;

Fig. 6 is a section on line66 if Fig. 5.

re lis 4a front elevationV of aheed-v V hereinafter l Fig. 7 is another fro itelevation of a portion Vof, a headlightsh )wing another modified form of dimming attachment thereon.

Fig. 8 is a section on line848 of Fig. 7.

As shown in the dravi'ings: l ofcourse my degvicrr is adaptable to any typeof headlight, either gas, oil or electric,y but for convenience' of illustration I have shown 4the saine attachfd to an'velectric head- `-`light, the outer casing of which is denoted by the reference numcrall, andlmounted ture of clear glass is provided for the emis sion of the main beam or rays of the light. A resilient disk, either opaque orsemiopaque, as desired, and of u size to comp etely cover the clear portion 'of the lens, 1s provided. This disk may be of metal highly..polishel and of such shape on its inner surface to reflect the central rays of the light inwardly upon the parabolic reflector 2, whereby they may again be refiected through the ground glassportion 7 of the lens in a diffused state.

For the purpose of maintaining said disk 8, in position upon the glass a screw 9, is.

secured through an aperture in the glass having suitable wiashers 10, one inserted beneath the head of the screw on one side vof the glass and another beneath-a" clamping nut 11, on the other side thereof, so that the diskK'S, may be inserted over the end of the screw and Secured tightly thereon by a small knurled nut '12. A

As clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, I have also sh' 'n thin resilient metallic washers 13 andlfl, one disposed between' the head of the screw and the fiber washer 10, and the other between the nut 11, and the other fiber Washer 10, and of course if desired all of said washers and said screw and nut --11, may be coated with a cement after being drawn up in order to insure positive and permanent engagement of the screw 9, -in the lass.

In te modification of my invention illus- .trated in Figs. 5 and 6, I have shown a disk 1 5, provided with attaching arms 16, projecting radially therefrom adapted to re. ceive thumb screws 17, therethrough, said thumb screws threadin into the ring 5, of the headlight to hold the position.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, a disk 18, is'pr'ovided, having integral' arms19, Whichengage resiliently over'the rounded ring 5, 'ot theheadlight to hold the device securelyin position.

' The operation is tohought to be obvious 6g froxil the. description. However, the curvature'of the disk enables the same to be secured .yieldably'-upon the glass 6, of the headlight without a tendency to7 .break the device. securely in disk in any case may be of any snitable 4 material, and ma be either opaqueor semiopaque as deslre and that numerous other detalls may be varied through a wlde range 1without departing from the principles of this invention. I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described -the combination with the lens of a headlight,

said lens having a translucent portion and a clear portion, of means attachable overthe clear portion of the lens to cut off the rays Yof light therethr( ugh.

2. In a device of the class described for use on a headlight the combination with an integral `translucent and transparent lens, of means adapted to be secured over the transparent portion of said lens to reflect rays of light directed thereon back upon the main reflector of the' headlight to be projected through the translucent portion of thelens.

3. The combination with a headlight having a lens with an annulus of translucelit glass, of means adapted to be secured over the lens within the clear glass a rea bounded by said translucent glass portion to reflect rays of light passing therethrough back into the headlight to be l'n'ojectcd through said translucent glass portion in a diffused state.

4. In a device of the class described a means adapted to be secured on a. clear andl translucent lens of a headlight to cut ofi vthe rays of Vlight emitted f rom the clear portion of said headlight.

In a -dcvice ofv the class described a headlight, a lens thereon, said lcnshaving a translucent and a clear portion, a screen for covering said clear portion to cut ofi the rays of light normally cmittcd therethrough from the headlight, and means for 'removably securing said screen on said lens.

6. A headlight having a partly clear and partly translucent lens and' means removably securci'l thereon for screening thc clear glass portion of the lens.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WARDSUMNER PERRY.

Witnesses:

LsoN M. Rl'is'rniN, CHARLES IV. HILLS, J r.V 

